Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Vanderbilt University (informally Vandy or VU) is a private research university in Nashville, Tennessee.Founded in 1873, it was named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided the school its initial $1 million endowment in the hopes that his gift and the greater work of the university would help to heal the sectional wounds inflicted by the American Civil War ...
Vanderbilt quarterbacks have played prominent roles in American society off the gridiron as well. Irby Curry, the starting quarterback for the "point-a-minute" 1915 Vanderbilt Commodores football team, served in World War I after graduating in 1916, dying in aerial combat in France. Rand Dixon was a decorated World War II veteran.
Vanderbilt once had a women's volleyball team, but dropped the sport after the 1979–80 school year. On April 19, 2022, Vanderbilt announced that it would reinstate women's volleyball in the 2025-26 school year (2025 season). [12] In addition, Vanderbilt is the only school in the SEC that does not sponsor softball.
Vanderbilt staved off a Virginia Tech comeback to start the season with an upset win. The Commodores came out on top in the first overtime of the college football season to defeat the Hokies 34-27
FirstBank Stadium (formerly Dudley Field and Vanderbilt Stadium) is a football stadium located in Nashville, Tennessee.Completed in 1922 as the first stadium in the South to be used exclusively for college football, it is the home of the Vanderbilt University football team. [4]
Contributing: Holly V. Hays, Indianapolis Star This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 'America's Got Talent' 2024 winner revealed to be Richard Goodall Show comments
Ole Miss was Vanderbilt's cross-divisional rival in the SEC from 1992 to 2023. Vanderbilt and Ole Miss have played 92 times since 1894. [24] Ole Miss leads the series 51-39-2. [24] The largest margin of victory was by 91 points won by Vanderbilt in 1915. Vanderbilt also holds the longest win streaks in the series (18) from 1894 to 1938.
Despite a decent 1917 Vanderbilt team, which for instance beat Alabama, the powerful Tech team gave Vanderbilt its worst loss in school history, 83–0 as Joe Guyon ran wild. The 1918 season was affected most by the First World War. In August, former star Curry died over French skies, devastating McGugin